Nadja
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Nadja is a seminal surrealist novel by André Breton that blends autobiography, fiction, and dreamlike encounters to explore madness, love, and the nature of reality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nadja canonical | 10 |
| Nadja (mysterious young woman) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5558793 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nadja Context triple: [André Breton, notableWork, Nadja]
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Annabella
Annabella was a French film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her work in both European and Hollywood cinema.
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Karla
Karla is the elusive Soviet spymaster and primary antagonist of John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, symbolizing the Cold War espionage rivalry between British intelligence and the KGB.
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C.
Clea
Clea is a powerful sorceress from the Dark Dimension in Marvel Comics, best known as Doctor Strange’s longtime companion, disciple, and eventual Sorcerer Supreme.
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D.
Odile
Odile is the seductive and deceptive Black Swan character in the ballet "Swan Lake," often portrayed as the antagonist and foil to the virtuous Odette.
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E.
Lenore
Lenore is a small unincorporated rural community located in Nez Perce County in north-central Idaho, United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nadja Target entity description: Nadja is a seminal surrealist novel by André Breton that blends autobiography, fiction, and dreamlike encounters to explore madness, love, and the nature of reality.
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A.
Annabella
Annabella was a French film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her work in both European and Hollywood cinema.
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B.
Karla
Karla is the elusive Soviet spymaster and primary antagonist of John le Carré’s George Smiley novels, symbolizing the Cold War espionage rivalry between British intelligence and the KGB.
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C.
Clea
Clea is a powerful sorceress from the Dark Dimension in Marvel Comics, best known as Doctor Strange’s longtime companion, disciple, and eventual Sorcerer Supreme.
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D.
Odile
Odile is the seductive and deceptive Black Swan character in the ballet "Swan Lake," often portrayed as the antagonist and foil to the virtuous Odette.
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E.
Lenore
Lenore is a small unincorporated rural community located in Nez Perce County in north-central Idaho, United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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surrealist novel ⓘ |
| author | André Breton ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
chance encounters
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identity ⓘ love ⓘ madness ⓘ reality ⓘ surrealist aesthetics ⓘ the unconscious ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered a classic of modernist literature ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Nadja ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
boundary between sanity and insanity
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nature of reality ⓘ objective chance ⓘ relationship between art and life ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| genre |
Autobiographical fiction
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | theatre adaptations ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
20th-century avant-garde literature
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surrealist narrative techniques ⓘ |
| hasPart | opening question "Who am I?" ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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automatic writing ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | seminal work of surrealist literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator |
André Breton (as a character)
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linked to:
André Breton
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| notableCharacter |
Nadja (mysterious young woman)
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linked to:
Nadja
|
| notableFeature |
dreamlike episodes
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integration of photographs and documents ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
L'Amour fou
ⓘ
linked to:
L’Amour fou
Manifestoes of Surrealism ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| structure |
blend of autobiography and fiction
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fragmentary narrative ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic studies on surrealism
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNarrative | 1920s Paris ⓘ |
| title | Nadja ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nadja